Here is the MLA citation for the green handout I gave you today.
Jago, Carol, Renee H. Shea, Lawrence Scanlon, and Robin Dissin Aufses. Literature and Composition. 1st ed. Boston, MA: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2011. Print.
Welcome! The time has come … term paper time.
You will choose ONE of the below short stories on which you will write your literary analysis term paper.
I might have previously mentioned this in class (do you detect my sarcasm?), but you can thank me – and Ms. Lyons – for using short stories this year rather than full novels. This will allow you to spend more time researching, analyzing and writing rather than trying to cram a month’s worth of reading into a week. Please take some time to browse the below works by clicking on the links and skimming the stories to see which may peak your interest. You will be spending some quality time with your story so make sure you put some thought into your choice.
Chekhov preferred to explore details of the human experience. How did he do this?
How does Chekhov's ordinary characters reveal the complexities of human behavior?
What statement does Chekhov make about the realities of power and money?
Does Chekhov paint an accurate portrayal of the effects of solitary confinement? Why or why not?
Chekhov claims he never wrote to make a political statement. After reading "The Bet," do you think that is true? Why or why not? What is the author's purpose?
How much of our humanity comes from belonging to the community of other human beings?
Examine the types of figurative language in the lawyer's letters. Why does Chekhov incorporate this figurative language?Chekhov traveled to a Russian prison to research the effects of solitary confinement (see article above). Does his story hold true to his findings or does it contradict his findings?
Example thesis statement: In "The Bet," author Anton Chekhov uses several types of figurative language such as xxxxxx, xxxxxxx and xxxxxx in order to xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.
How does Chekhov use Magic Realism throughout his story?
magic realism: a style of literature in which fantastic or imaginary and often unsettling images or events are depicted in a sharply detailed, realistic manner
I used the Points of View database via our library website and found tons of research on the effects of solitary confinement. You should try it, too! Here are just a few of the articles I found...
Moore, Stephen, and Peter Ferrara. "The Poverty Of Equality." American Spectator 45.3 (2012): 26. Points of View Reference Center. Web. 11 Feb. 2015. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=pwh&AN=73910780&site=pov-live
Abstract: The author argues that the vision of equality as a social goal with equal incomes and wealth for all is counterproductive economically and leads to a poor society. He refers to Kurt Vonnegut's 1961 short story "HarrisonBergeron" wherein everybody was equal as the government forced individuals to wear handicaps to offset any advantage they had. He stresses that the less people are allowed to keep of what they produce, the less they will produce, citing communist China in the 1940-1960s.
Ideas for Topics magic realism: a style of literature in which fantastic or imaginary and often unsettling images or events are depicted in a sharply detailed, realistic manner
POSSIBLE RESOURCES FOR “THE HANDSOMEST DROWNED MAN IN THE WORLD”
San Juan, Epifanio, Jr. "Eveline." James Joyce and the Craft of Fiction. Rutherford: Fairleigh Dickinson UP, 1972. 71-78. Rpt. in Short Story Criticism. Ed. Lawrence J. Trudeau. Vol. 172. Detroit: Gale, 2013. Literature Resource Center. Web. 10 Feb. 2015.
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Feshbach, Sidney. "‘Fallen on His Feet in Buenos Ayres’ (D 39): Frank in ‘Eveline’." James Joyce Quarterly 20.1 (1982): 223-227. Rpt. in Short Story Criticism. Ed. Lawrence J. Trudeau. Vol. 172. Detroit: Gale, 2013. Literature Resource Center. Web. 10 Feb. 2015.
URL http%3A%2F%2Fgo.galegroup.com%2Fps%2Fi.do%3Fid%3DGALE%257CH1420110567%26v%3D2.1%26u%3Dfort87272%26it%3Dr%26p%3DLitRC%26sw%3Dw%26asid%3D147f5daba1fc6f4d8559c2cae888c40f Gale Document Number:GALE|H1420110567
St. Jean, Shawn. "Readerly Paranoia and Joyce’s Adolescence Stories." James Joyce Quarterly 35.4 (1998): 665-682. Rpt. in Short Story Criticism. Ed. Lawrence J. Trudeau. Vol. 172. Detroit: Gale, 2013. Literature Resource Center. Web. 10 Feb. 2015.
URL http%3A%2F%2Fgo.galegroup.com%2Fps%2Fi.do%3Fid%3DGALE%257CH1420110568%26v%3D2.1%26u%3Dfort87272%26it%3Dr%26p%3DLitRC%26sw%3Dw%26asid%3Dd1622a87ab179d142624c62f5ef97bcd Gale Document Number:GALE|H1420110568
Title: Brooklyn as the "untold story" of "Eveline": reading Joyce and Toibin with Ricoeur
Author(s):Tory Young
Source:Journal of Modern Literature. 37.2 (Winter 2014): p123. From Literature Resource Center.
Ideas for Topics C. Hugh Holman’s A Handbook to Literature defines a detective story as “a novel or short story in which a crime, usually a murder – the identity of the perpetrator unknown – is solved by a detective through a logical assembling and interpretation of palpable evidence, known as clues.” 2 The first detective stories were written by Edgar Allan Poe, and Conan Doyle acknowledged their influence on his writing. A good detective story generally follows six “unwritten rules.” First, the crime must be significant, worthy of the attention it receives. Most stories involve murder, though Conan Doyle tied the majority of his crimes to greed and theft. Second, the detective must be in some way a memorable character. He or she must be very intelligent, of course, unusually clever and observant, but also quirky, possessing perhaps some odd idiosyncrasies that distinguish him or her. Kojak’s lollipop, Columbo’s crumpled raincoat, James Bond’s unruffled cool and high-tech gadgets, all of these things make the hero somehow distinct. Third, along with an exceptional detective, there must be an outstanding opponent, a criminal clever enough to be a match for the hero. Solving the crime can’t be too easy. Fourth, because a large part of the attraction of a detective story is the opportunity for the reader to try to figure out the solution along with the detective, all suspects of the crime must be introduced early in the story, and Fifth, all clues the detective discovers must be made available to the reader also. Finally, at the end of the story, the solution must seem obvious, logical, possible. The crime must not have resulted from accident or supernatural intervention, and the detective must be able to explain all aspects of the case in a reasonable way. A fine detective story should meet each one of these standards.
Here is the MLA citation for the green handout I gave you today.
Jago, Carol, Renee H. Shea, Lawrence Scanlon, and Robin Dissin Aufses. Literature and Composition. 1st ed. Boston, MA: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2011. Print.
Welcome! The time has come … term paper time.
You will choose ONE of the below short stories on which you will write your literary analysis term paper.
I might have previously mentioned this in class (do you detect my sarcasm?), but you can thank me – and Ms. Lyons – for using short stories this year rather than full novels. This will allow you to spend more time researching, analyzing and writing rather than trying to cram a month’s worth of reading into a week.
Please take some time to browse the below works by clicking on the links and skimming the stories to see which may peak your interest. You will be spending some quality time with your story so make sure you put some thought into your choice.
SHORT STORY CHOICES AND SOURCES
“The Bet” by Anton Chekhov
__http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/Bet.shtml__Research Questions and Ideas for Topics
POSSIBLE RESOURCES FOR "THE BET"
Morson, Gary Saul. "Chekhov's enlightenment." New Criterion 31.3 (2012): 20+. Gale Biography In Context. Web. 9 Feb. 2015.URL: http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA308437008&v=2.1&u=fort87272&it=r&p=GPS&sw=w&asid=6ef7586b14590b8b1de28ae91fb74dc1
I used the Points of View database via our library website and found tons of research on the effects of solitary confinement. You should try it, too! Here are just a few of the articles I found...
PATRICK, LEAHY, CHAIRMAN, and COMMITTEE SENATE JUDICIARY. "Reassessing Solitary Confinement." FDCH Congressional Testimony (n.d.): Points of View Reference Center. Web. 11 Feb. 2015.
Lowenstein, Isidore. "The Philadelphia Penitentiary." Philadelphia Penitentiary (2009): 1. Points of View Reference Center. Web. 11 Feb. 2015.
Nazaryan, Alexander. "Solitude's Despair." Newsweek Global 162.14 (2014): 1. Points of View Reference Center. Web. 11 Feb. 2015.
Jeffreys, Derek S. "Cruel But Not Unusual." Commonweal 141.11 (2014): 20. Points of View Reference Center. Web. 11 Feb. 2015.
GRIEST, STEPHANIE ELIZONDO. "The Torture Of Solitary." Wilson Quarterly 36.2 (2012): 22. Points of View Reference Center. Web. 11 Feb. 2015.
Nonfiction article about Chekhov's research for the story just published on 2/2/15 in The New Yorker: __http://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/chekhovs-beautiful-nonfiction__
Timmis, Christopher. "Sakhalin Island." British Medical Journal 1 Mar. 2008: 511. Student Resources in Context. Web. 9 Feb. 2015.
URL: http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA178072770&v=2.1&u=fort87272&it=r&p=GPS&sw=w&asid=654401b9a798cf55803938fa6462dd38
Gale Document Number: GALE|A178072770
“Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut
__http://www.tnellen.com/cybereng/harrison.html__POSSIBLE RESOURCES FOR “HARRISON BERGERON”
Kurt Vonnegut’s AmericaTitles by: Klinkowitz, Jerome.
Published: Columbia, S.C.: University of South Carolina Press, c2009.
Format: 1 online resource (x, 142 p.)
ISBN: 978-1-61117-115-0 (electronic bk.), 1-61117-115-6 (electronic bk.)
Electronic Resources: __http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=453326__
Moore, Stephen, and Peter Ferrara. "The Poverty Of Equality." American Spectator 45.3 (2012): 26. Points of View Reference Center. Web. 11 Feb. 2015.
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=pwh&AN=73910780&site=pov-live
Abstract: The author argues that the vision of equality as a social goal with equal incomes and wealth for all is counterproductive economically and leads to a poor society. He refers to Kurt Vonnegut's 1961 short story "Harrison Bergeron" wherein everybody was equal as the government forced individuals to wear handicaps to offset any advantage they had. He stresses that the less people are allowed to keep of what they produce, the less they will produce, citing communist China in the 1940-1960s.
Akst, Daniel. "The harm of middle-class inequality." Newsday, (Melville, NY) 12 Sept. 2011: Points of View Reference Center. Web. 11 Feb. 2015.
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=pwh&AN=2W61363692530&site=pov-live
Johnston, Robert C. "Literary License; Author Switches Sides on Kansas Finance Brief That Cites His Short Story." Education Week 18 May 2005: 15. Gale Biography In Context. Web. 11 Feb. 2015.
URL http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA215122657&v=2.1&u=fort87272&it=r&p=GPS&sw=w&asid=c4c7f034b52d23b18e17f89609972590
“The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World” by Gabriel by García Marquez
__http://www.colorado.edu/studentgroups/shortfiction/The_Most_Handsome_Drowned_Man.pdf__Ideas for Topics
magic realism: a style of literature in which fantastic or imaginary and often unsettling images or events are depicted in a sharply detailed, realistic manner
POSSIBLE RESOURCES FOR “THE HANDSOMEST DROWNED MAN IN THE WORLD”
Pedoto, Constance A. "The Alaskan connection: the World of Macondo in Eskimo tales." Journal of Comparative Literature and Aesthetics 26.1-2 (2003): 53+. Student Resources in Context. Web. 9 Feb. 2015.URL http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA335627883&v=2.1&u=fort87272&it=r&p=GPS&sw=w&asid=3478e287d0b352b55475c77eeec85448
"Gabriel Garcia Marquez did what few writers can: get millions of people to read them." National Review 19 May 2014: 12. Student Resources in Context. Web. 11 Feb. 2015.
URL http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA367300525&v=2.1&u=fort87272&it=r&p=GPS&sw=w&asid=5800a284031bbb3f855747e696d102ab
Vijh, Surekha. "Gabriel Garcia Marquez: creator of the magic realism movement in Latin-American Literature." World and I Jan. 2008. Student Resources in Context. Web. 11 Feb. 2015.
URL http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA186321887&v=2.1&u=fort87272&it=r&p=GPS&sw=w&asid=a5c4e20c9992ba7f6da482fbf5ea3b58
Pearl, Nancy. "Magical realism: beyond fiction's pale. (The Reader's Shelf)." Library Journal 15 Mar. 2003: 140. Student Resources in Context. Web. 11 Feb. 2015.
URL http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA99515131&v=2.1&u=fort87272&it=r&p=GPS&sw=w&asid=aba6c1bee8b0ebb7179b463744815083
https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=vFO4Y_zNnF8C&oi=fnd&pg=PA71&dq=%22handsomest+drowned+man%22&ots=mBfc7EHIgk&sig=V3egPQMGnFGBYCZ2BT3Diol9JJk#v=onepage&q=%22handsomest%20drowned%20man%22&f=false
“To Build a Fire” by Jack London
__http://www.jacklondons.net/buildafire.html__Ideas for Topics
POSSIBLE RESOURCES FOR “TO BUILD A FIRE”
Vlahos, James. "TRAVERSING JACK LONDON's Klondike Country." National Geographic Adventure 6.3 (2004): 47. MAS Complete. Web. 6 Feb. 2015.http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/literary-criticism/36795968/jack-londons-build-fire
“Rules of the Game” by Amy Tan
__http://mmecassidy.weebly.com/uploads/2/4/1/8/24185001/rules_of_the_game.pdf__The Dubliners by James Joyce (collection of short stories)
__http://www2.hn.psu.edu/faculty/jmanis/joyce/Dubliners.pdf__RESOURCES FOR "EVELINE"
Boo, Katherine. "Grow up, twenty-somethings. You can go home again." Washington Monthly Apr. 1992: 31+. Student Resources in Context. Web. 9 Feb. 2015.URL: http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA12129677&v=2.1&u=fort87272&it=r&p=GPS&sw=w&asid=22a3a53c96736ce754ea8c7b167d6c08
San Juan, Epifanio, Jr. "Eveline." James Joyce and the Craft of Fiction. Rutherford: Fairleigh Dickinson UP, 1972. 71-78. Rpt. in Short Story Criticism. Ed. Lawrence J. Trudeau. Vol. 172. Detroit: Gale, 2013. Literature Resource Center. Web. 10 Feb. 2015.
URL http%3A%2F%2Fgo.galegroup.com%2Fps%2Fi.do%3Fid%3DGALE%257CH1420110566%26v%3D2.1%26u%3Dfort87272%26it%3Dr%26p%3DLitRC%26sw%3Dw%26asid%3D5c3ebc1384eb6888f0d78377b6c0161a
Trudell, Scott. "Critical Essay on 'Eveline'." Short Stories for Students. Ed. Ira Mark Milne. Vol. 19. Detroit: Gale, 2004. Literature Resource Center. Web. 10 Feb. 2015.
URL http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CH1420056363&v=2.1&u=fort87272&it=r&p=LitRC&sw=w&asid=576d28f5bebad3bcff86cf245f192d16
Gale Document Number: GALE|H1420056363
Feshbach, Sidney. "‘Fallen on His Feet in Buenos Ayres’ (D 39): Frank in ‘Eveline’." James Joyce Quarterly 20.1 (1982): 223-227. Rpt. in Short Story Criticism. Ed. Lawrence J. Trudeau. Vol. 172. Detroit: Gale, 2013. Literature Resource Center. Web. 10 Feb. 2015.
URL http%3A%2F%2Fgo.galegroup.com%2Fps%2Fi.do%3Fid%3DGALE%257CH1420110567%26v%3D2.1%26u%3Dfort87272%26it%3Dr%26p%3DLitRC%26sw%3Dw%26asid%3D147f5daba1fc6f4d8559c2cae888c40f
Gale Document Number: GALE|H1420110567
St. Jean, Shawn. "Readerly Paranoia and Joyce’s Adolescence Stories." James Joyce Quarterly 35.4 (1998): 665-682. Rpt. in Short Story Criticism. Ed. Lawrence J. Trudeau. Vol. 172. Detroit: Gale, 2013. Literature Resource Center. Web. 10 Feb. 2015.
URL http%3A%2F%2Fgo.galegroup.com%2Fps%2Fi.do%3Fid%3DGALE%257CH1420110568%26v%3D2.1%26u%3Dfort87272%26it%3Dr%26p%3DLitRC%26sw%3Dw%26asid%3Dd1622a87ab179d142624c62f5ef97bcd
Gale Document Number: GALE|H1420110568
Title: Brooklyn as the "untold story" of "Eveline": reading Joyce and Toibin with Ricoeur
Author(s):Tory Young
Source:Journal of Modern Literature. 37.2 (Winter 2014): p123. From Literature Resource Center.
“Day of the Butterfly” by Alice Munro
__http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=web&cd=1&sqi=2&ved=0CB4QFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gcisd-k12.org%2Fcms%2Flib%2FTX01000829%2FCentricity%2FModuleInstance%2F21838%2FDay%2520of%2520the%2520Butterfly%2520Full%2520Text.doc&ei=39fHVIL1Ls7bsASJp4CwCg&usg=AFQjCNHjvdO2j97RKGA-gbP0wq8IO4rVxA__ (will open as a word document)“The Red-Headed League” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
__http://pinkmonkey.com/dl/library1/book0707.pdf__Ideas for Topics
C. Hugh Holman’s A Handbook to Literature defines a detective story as “a novel or short story in which a crime, usually a murder – the identity of the perpetrator unknown – is solved by a detective through a logical assembling and interpretation of palpable evidence, known as clues.” 2 The first detective stories were written by Edgar Allan Poe, and Conan Doyle acknowledged their influence on his writing. A good detective story generally follows six “unwritten rules.”
First, the crime must be significant, worthy of the attention it receives. Most stories
involve murder, though Conan Doyle tied the majority of his crimes to greed and theft.
Second, the detective must be in some way a memorable character. He or she must be
very intelligent, of course, unusually clever and observant, but also quirky, possessing
perhaps some odd idiosyncrasies that distinguish him or her. Kojak’s lollipop,
Columbo’s crumpled raincoat, James Bond’s unruffled cool and high-tech gadgets, all of
these things make the hero somehow distinct.
Third, along with an exceptional detective, there must be an outstanding opponent, a
criminal clever enough to be a match for the hero. Solving the crime can’t be too easy.
Fourth, because a large part of the attraction of a detective story is the opportunity for
the reader to try to figure out the solution along with the detective, all suspects of the
crime must be introduced early in the story, and
Fifth, all clues the detective discovers must be made available to the reader also.
Finally, at the end of the story, the solution must seem obvious, logical, possible. The
crime must not have resulted from accident or supernatural intervention, and the detective
must be able to explain all aspects of the case in a reasonable way. A fine detective story
should meet each one of these standards.
POSSIBLE RESOURCES FOR "THE RED-HEADED LEAGUE"
MORROW, LAURIE. "The Doctor and the Detective - Arthur Conan Doyle's creative journey." World and I June 2002: 256. Student Resources in Context. Web. 11 Feb. 2015.
URL http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA87868548&v=2.1&u=fort87272&it=r&p=GPS&sw=w&asid=badbd23a31609223867bd3ad053b0028
Wainwright, Michael. "Sherlock Holmes and game theory." Mosaic [Winnipeg] 45.3 (2012): 81. Student Resources in Context. Web. 11 Feb. 2015.
URL http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA302595293&v=2.1&u=fort87272&it=r&p=GPS&sw=w&asid=327074cbd15a2def640c1b6b7e8ba69a
Schroth, Raymond. "If only we could call on Sherlock Holmes." National Catholic Reporter 20 June 1997: 19. Student Resources in Context. Web. 11 Feb. 2015.
URL http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA19564193&v=2.1&u=fort87272&it=r&p=GPS&sw=w&asid=40496cba4e6f6fb44db85af8137adf0f
“His Mother’s House” by Edward P. Jones
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WHAT EXACTLY IS LITERARY ANALYSIS?
__What does "analysis" really mean?__
__Purdue Owl Literary Analysis Explanation__
RESOURCES
Help With Thesis Statements:
__http://writingcenter.unc.edu/handouts/thesis-statements/____https://www.kibin.com/essay-writing-blog/thesis-statement-examples/__
__http://english.learnhub.com/lesson/2212-thesis-101__
__https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/588/01/__
MLA Formatting:
__https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/__